Sunday, September 30, 2012
Why can't you eat!?
Trying to introduce food into Adrian's life was entirely nearly impossible. Everything that was given to him had to be watery, no lumps of any kind. He was a champ on conquering his Stage 1 baby foods, but as time progressed and we began to buy the Stage 2, we noticed something very concerning.
Saturday, September 29, 2012
Brief Overview
A break down of the years.
Since my son was born he has had difficulty swallowing. All babies spew... my baby spewed exorcist style morning and night. It had came to the point that I slept at night while my boyfriend (son's dad) watched him.
While attempting to introduce foods into our son's diet, it became nearly impossible after the first stage of baby foods. The consistency made it hard for him to swallow and would immediately gag and throw up when attempting to do so. My son was on stage 1 baby foods until after he was 3 years old.
A little after one we noticed that our son, lets call him Adrian for the purpose of this blog, was changing. He began to lose eye contact, any form of speech he was producing was gone, and he wanted to be left alone in his room. His father and I became concerned, but this being our first and only child, assumed that it was a phase and kept reassuring that it was just because kids develope at different rates.
One day when I was working, my boyfriend took Adrian to his peditrician for a regular check up. When I got home is when I got the news that he was concerned that Adrian might be autistic. My heart sank, but I also didn't feel that couldn't be too far from the truth. We went back and our peditrician helped us to start our path.
Our biggest struggles we have dealt with are feeding and speech. We are still fighting for speech, but have had a lot of progress in the last couple of years, but we are still not there yet. Like many autistic children, there is some form of stimming that happens. Adrian went through stages of stimming (still stims, but has had progress). Lately, we have had to deal with some anxiety at night and we deal with finding ways to make him comfortable when he is upset.
As time progresses and as Adrian grows I know there will be something else that happens that will make me lost and looking for answers as well. As I continue on with this blog I will continue to discuss what we have accomplished, what we are accomplishing now and when things arise, what we will be accomplishing then.
Since my son was born he has had difficulty swallowing. All babies spew... my baby spewed exorcist style morning and night. It had came to the point that I slept at night while my boyfriend (son's dad) watched him.
While attempting to introduce foods into our son's diet, it became nearly impossible after the first stage of baby foods. The consistency made it hard for him to swallow and would immediately gag and throw up when attempting to do so. My son was on stage 1 baby foods until after he was 3 years old.
A little after one we noticed that our son, lets call him Adrian for the purpose of this blog, was changing. He began to lose eye contact, any form of speech he was producing was gone, and he wanted to be left alone in his room. His father and I became concerned, but this being our first and only child, assumed that it was a phase and kept reassuring that it was just because kids develope at different rates.
One day when I was working, my boyfriend took Adrian to his peditrician for a regular check up. When I got home is when I got the news that he was concerned that Adrian might be autistic. My heart sank, but I also didn't feel that couldn't be too far from the truth. We went back and our peditrician helped us to start our path.
Our biggest struggles we have dealt with are feeding and speech. We are still fighting for speech, but have had a lot of progress in the last couple of years, but we are still not there yet. Like many autistic children, there is some form of stimming that happens. Adrian went through stages of stimming (still stims, but has had progress). Lately, we have had to deal with some anxiety at night and we deal with finding ways to make him comfortable when he is upset.
As time progresses and as Adrian grows I know there will be something else that happens that will make me lost and looking for answers as well. As I continue on with this blog I will continue to discuss what we have accomplished, what we are accomplishing now and when things arise, what we will be accomplishing then.
Introduction
I am a mother of a 5-year-old autistic son. He was diagnosed when he was 2 and has been in special education services since. We are very fortunate for all the progress he has had in the 3 years, but we still face a long road.
What causes Autism is unknown. There are many theories out there and I believe in a mixture of them. Every person reacts differently to things, whether or not they have a disability.
I am starting this blog to document and, hopefully, help people out there that might not know what to do or find knowledge in my experiences to help with theirs. My next blog post will be giving a brief insight into our challenges and successes. As time progresses, I will be discussing specific tricks and tips, as well as, giving more information on behaviors and what we go through with my son.
What causes Autism is unknown. There are many theories out there and I believe in a mixture of them. Every person reacts differently to things, whether or not they have a disability.
I am starting this blog to document and, hopefully, help people out there that might not know what to do or find knowledge in my experiences to help with theirs. My next blog post will be giving a brief insight into our challenges and successes. As time progresses, I will be discussing specific tricks and tips, as well as, giving more information on behaviors and what we go through with my son.
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